(STUDY FINDS) – You’re only as old as you feel, according to researchers from the University of California-San Diego. After analyzing a group of over 1,800 older women, scientists report accelerated bodily aging (epigenetic age acceleration) appears to have a connection to a lower chance of both living to the age of 90 and retaining physical mobility and mental function.
Overall, study authors conclude that epigenetic age acceleration may soon become a viable biomarker for healthy longevity, used to help estimate both functional and cognitive aging.
“Older people know well that age is just a number that may not be indicative of their health status. What if we had a way to measure how fast we were aging that could predict our odds of living a long and healthy life? In aging research, we call this an individual’s healthspan,” says principal investigator Andrea LaCroix, Ph.D., M.P.H., Distinguished Professor at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, in a university release.
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